Plagiocarpus lanatus I.Thomps.

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 15-20 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, palmately arranged, terminal leaflet absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Bracteoles present and persistent. Calyx 5-5.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla multicoloured, mostly yellow or green, with some yellow or green spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 8-10 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 8-9 mm long, not auriculate, keel 8-8.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen, 7-9 mm long. Ovary glabrous; style 7-8.6 mm long glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 20 mm long, 5 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, with simple hairs, beaked. Flowers in January. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority Two (P2).